By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-27 12:00:46 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:25:27
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A band technician for Jane's Addiction has revealed the fight that erupted on stage between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro at a Boston concert continued after the show was over.
In a new episode of the podcast Rare Form Radio, Dan Cleary, the group's guitar and bass tech of 17 years, claims that Farrell took another violent swing at Navarro off stage after the bust up earlier this month.
And unlike the punch the singer threw in front of the crowd, this one landed, striking the guitarist squarely in the face.
Cleary, who was seen during the on-stage meltdown trying to restrain Farrell, said that the 'band is over.'
Dan Cleary, a technician for Jane's Addiction, revealed that the fight that erupted on stage between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro at a Boston concert earlier this month continued after the show was over
For the podcast, he was joined by Todd Newman, who is Navarro's best friend of 30 years.
Throughout the episode, host Cleary played audio clips from the disastrous Boston performance.
In them, Farrell appeared to sing out of sync with the rest of the band. Then the audio feed seemed to capture the on-and-off-stage fracas.
After the show, Cleary said that Farrell threw a punch at Navarro and struck him in the face
At one point, Farrell can be hear grumbling to his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, that the other musicians were 'trying to f*** my show up.'
Then Navarro, whom Farrell attacked on-stage, appeared to confront the lead singer, saying: 'What the f*** was that, you motherf*****?'
After this, the sound of a fight can be heard, which Cleary explained as 'Perry punching Dave.'
'That [punch] he actually connected,' the band technician said. 'You can hear it, the right hand to the left side of Dave's face.'
Cleary and Newman went on to trace Farrell's truculent behavior to the tour's opening show in Las Vegas, where the singer 'quit the band' before later being talked into performing at the very last minute.
Etty Lau Farrell has said that her husband ultimately got violent because he 'reached his breaking point.'
Cleary and Newman, however, both agreed that the singer was already at his breaking point by the time of the first concert.
But the podcast host appeared to be of the same opinion as Etty when it came to her husband's alcohol use. Neither of them believes that drunkenness is a problem for the singer, who habitually swills from a bottle of wine on stage.
Cleary identified earlier signs of the simmering conflict. In the past, tours under the band's name had sometimes featured Etty and other dancers backing the group.
Dave and Perry seen performing at Lollapalooza, Chicago, in 2016
The guitar and bass technician said that Jane's Addiction was 'over'
But for this tour, the other members of Jane's Addiction expressed a desire for the band to perform by itself - a wish that the singer assented to.
According to Cleary, Farrell showed up a few hours before the Las Vegas show with some footage he had recorded of his wife and 'some other women in the desert dancing.'
The singer wanted to have the video played during the show, and when the rest of the band resisted, he quit, Cleary claimed.
Newman, who was present for the show, said that Etty Lau Farrell proceeded to go 'out into this public area yelling about how Perry is going home and the tour is over.'
At the Boston show, during the group's song Ocean Size, 'it all fell apart,' the band technician explained
Even though the Las Vegas show ended up happening and Farrell remained in the band, Cleary said that 'from that point, Perry did kind of pull away from his bandmates.'
At the Boston show, during the group's song Ocean Size, 'it all fell apart,' the band technician explained.
Cleary then played an audio clip of Farrell allegedly muttering 'f*** these motherf******' before he body-slammed the guitarist.
But the podcast host made it clear that the fight wasn't concluded on the stage. 'I want people to understand it didn't end there,' he said.
'He's a good dude most of the time. And then there's times when it's kind of this, but we've never seen this crazed version before,' Cleary said of Farrell
'Eventually Dave walks up to ask what the f*** happened, and Perry punches him again,' Cleary recounted.
But the band technician sympathized with Farrell, saying: 'I feel for him because something is going on mentally. He looked crazed.'
'I enjoy Perry,' Cleary continued. 'I've had great talks with him. He sent me a beautiful text the other day- basically a "I'll miss you" kind of text.
'He's a good dude most of the time. And then there's times when it's kind of this, but we've never seen this crazed version before. Which is what makes it so scary.'
